Owego-Apalachin Schools

The Owego Apalachin School District is receiving more money from the state than originally expected. At Thursday night’s board meeting, board members learned that the amount of state aid for the 2013-2014 budget has been increased by $870,000. Superintendent Dr. Bill Russell spoke of possible ways to use the newfound funding. One possibility would...
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The Owego Free Academy Odyssey of the Mind team finished in 5th place at the state competition, but their creativity earned them a ticket to the world competition in Michigan next month. At the beginning of the year, Odyssey of the Mind teams are given a long-term problem to solve, and teams try to...
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An Owego-Apalachin Middle School 8th grader came home with an award from the National Science Fair for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The fair, which was held at the Rochester Institute of Technology this past weekend, awarded Decker Ayers 3rd place amongst students from all over the country, for his experiment named “Frostbitten...
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It’s a competition that allows students to think outside the box to solve problems and the Owego Free Academy Odyssey of the Mind team has been working hard since August to perfect their solution. They placed fifth in their division in the New York State Championships at BU over the weekend. But then the...
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After months of hard work and planning, the parents, students, and community in Owego were able to get a glance at the design plans for the new Owego Elementary School. The new school will be built in the same place as the old elementary school, which was destroyed in the flood of September 2011....
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The Owego-Apalachin School district has rescheduled the second of its budget forums. It was originally going to be this Thursday, now it will take place today instead. This forum is designed to get input and ideas from members of the public and share them with district officials. The first forum, in January, was for...
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